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26 May 22
This year’s Public Finance Awards deadline has been extended, giving organisations and individuals in the sector more time to perfect their entries.
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12 May 22
CIPFA is looking for its first independent board chair to help improve governance at the organisation.
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4 Mar 22
The issues of today are tomorrow’s urgent challenges – public finance leaders can help solve them.
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3 Feb 22
The government is set to launch a new training college for civil servants and senior council officers, to improve skills and knowledge that help with the ‘levelling up’ agenda.
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24 Jan 22
A senior consultant at CIPFA is set to take over as interim section 151 officer at Peterborough City Council, as the authority seeks financial stability.
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21 Jan 22
London Borough of Croydon has provisionally appointed a new permanent Section 151 officer, as it narrows down the field of candidates to fill a separate £100,000+ a year commercial investment...
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25 Jun 21
Marion Cameron is working as a local authority finance officer, thanks to an initiative helping women return to the workplace following a career break.
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28 May 21
The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government is recruiting economists and finance officers to work in its second headquarters – revealed today to be opening in Wolverhampton.
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31 Mar 21
Local government organisations now have until 14 April to submit their entries for recognition in the Public Finance Awards 2021.
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8 Mar 21
Public bodies have less than 10 days to seek recognition for their efforts in the Public Finance Awards 2021.
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19 Jun 20
The incentive to continue homeworking post-pandemic is likely to be heightened by the financial benefits it offers, but is it a realistic long-term prospect for the public sector?
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12 Nov 19
Boris Johnson’s schools funding plans are “too little, too late”, the National Education Union has warned.
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10 Oct 19
Entrants now have until 24 October to enter the awards that celebrate excellence in the public accounting sector – 2020’s coveted Public Finance Awards.
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8 Oct 19
Diversity of thought is the driving force of innovation but healthy conflict can easily tip over into dysfunctional disputes unless managers develop the skills and confidence to facilitate open...
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20 Sep 19
More than four in 10 public sector workers were granted flexible working hours in the last quarter of 2018, official figures have shown.
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5 Sep 19
Social care needs a government-sponsored ‘national care service’ to tackle the issue of underinvestment in employees in the sector, MPs have said.
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21 Aug 19
Staff costs at the Cabinet Office have rocketed by 33.9% when comparing April 2018 to April 2019, PF analysis has found.
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20 Aug 19
Tributes have been paid to former CIPFA president Grenville Folwell, who has died at the age of 76.
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11 Aug 19
Mediation consultant Terry Leigh explains how the NHS complaints system - often found to be long, frustrating and ineffective by users - could be improved.
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25 Jul 19
The appointment of Alok Sharma as the UK’s new international development secretary appears to have scotched uncertainty over the department’s future.
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8 Jul 19
A self-proclaimed ‘person who gets things done’, Carolyn Williamson talks to Emily Twinch about the key themes of her upcoming CIPFA presidency.
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27 Jun 19
If you want to retain staff in the public sector you should give them financial support where necessary, says Peter Briffett, who promotes financial literacy through his not-for-profit organisation...
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26 Jun 19
The mishandling of a high-profile IT project has left Scotland’s public sector pensions body facing a budget gap of up to £23m over the next five years.
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24 Jun 19
Uncollected tax jumped to £35bn in the UK last year but campaigners have warned this figure “vastly underestimates” the scale of tax avoidance.
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17 Jun 19
Police officers, nurses, midwives and teachers are most likely to stay in their professions out of the overall UK workforce, according to new research.
26 May 22This year’s Public Finance Awards deadline has been extended, giving organisations and individuals in the sector more time to perfect their entries.
12 May 22CIPFA is looking for its first independent board chair to help improve governance at the organisation.
4 Mar 22The issues of today are tomorrow’s urgent challenges – public finance leaders can help solve them.
3 Feb 22The government is set to launch a new training college for civil servants and senior council officers, to improve skills and knowledge that help with the ‘levelling up’ agenda.
24 Jan 22A senior consultant at CIPFA is set to take over as interim section 151 officer at Peterborough City Council, as the authority seeks financial stability.
21 Jan 22London Borough of Croydon has provisionally appointed a new permanent Section 151 officer, as it narrows down the field of candidates to fill a separate £100,000+ a year commercial investment...
25 Jun 21Marion Cameron is working as a local authority finance officer, thanks to an initiative helping women return to the workplace following a career break.
28 May 21The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government is recruiting economists and finance officers to work in its second headquarters – revealed today to be opening in Wolverhampton.
31 Mar 21Local government organisations now have until 14 April to submit their entries for recognition in the Public Finance Awards 2021.
8 Mar 21Public bodies have less than 10 days to seek recognition for their efforts in the Public Finance Awards 2021.
19 Jun 20The incentive to continue homeworking post-pandemic is likely to be heightened by the financial benefits it offers, but is it a realistic long-term prospect for the public sector?
12 Nov 19Boris Johnson’s schools funding plans are “too little, too late”, the National Education Union has warned.
10 Oct 19Entrants now have until 24 October to enter the awards that celebrate excellence in the public accounting sector – 2020’s coveted Public Finance Awards.
8 Oct 19Diversity of thought is the driving force of innovation but healthy conflict can easily tip over into dysfunctional disputes unless managers develop the skills and confidence to facilitate open...
5 Sep 19Social care needs a government-sponsored ‘national care service’ to tackle the issue of underinvestment in employees in the sector, MPs have said.
21 Aug 19Staff costs at the Cabinet Office have rocketed by 33.9% when comparing April 2018 to April 2019, PF analysis has found.
20 Aug 19Tributes have been paid to former CIPFA president Grenville Folwell, who has died at the age of 76.
11 Aug 19Mediation consultant Terry Leigh explains how the NHS complaints system - often found to be long, frustrating and ineffective by users - could be improved.
25 Jul 19The appointment of Alok Sharma as the UK’s new international development secretary appears to have scotched uncertainty over the department’s future.
8 Jul 19A self-proclaimed ‘person who gets things done’, Carolyn Williamson talks to Emily Twinch about the key themes of her upcoming CIPFA presidency.
26 Jun 19The mishandling of a high-profile IT project has left Scotland’s public sector pensions body facing a budget gap of up to £23m over the next five years.
24 Jun 19Uncollected tax jumped to £35bn in the UK last year but campaigners have warned this figure “vastly underestimates” the scale of tax avoidance.
17 Jun 19Police officers, nurses, midwives and teachers are most likely to stay in their professions out of the overall UK workforce, according to new research.
